Cantata 1.1.3 Released, Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04

The music player daemon (MPD) Cantata has released version 1.1.3 with bugfixes and better online services. This tutorial shows you how to upgrade in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and their derivatives such as Linux Mint 15/16.

As you may know, Cantata was started as a fork of QtMPC, the code is now very different. It can be compiled with KDE support, or as a pure Qt4 application. The interface is very configurable – most views can be shown as either a list or tree structure.

What’s New in Cantata 1.1.3:

fix selection order of items – and order added to playqueue.

Updated translations: German, Spanish.

Add Russian translation, thanks to Julia Dronova.

Online services support does not require taglib.

Fix changing of Music folder for ‘Personal’ mpd collection.

Use QDesktopServices/QStandardPaths to ascertain default music folder for ‘Personal’ collections.

If no icon is to be used on a message-box button, then ensure the icon is cleared.

Fix display of album year in playqueue for KDE builds.

If we recieve an error from MPD via status, then display this in the main window.

Don’t react twice to every volume change. Volume was changing in 10% increments, whereas it should have been (and is now) 5%

Bind increase volume, decrease volume, and mute actions to main window, so that shortcuts work.

Fix number display in replaygain dialog in Qt-only builds.

When reading default MPD music folder, ensure this has a trailing slash.

Only enable ‘Edit Song Tags’ on playqueue if MPD music folder is readable.

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